Steering-wheel.



H. MORGAN. sserem'wsm. APPLICATION man 956.24. 19M.

1,220,878.. y Patented. Mar. 27, 191s. i

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Amm/5X5 a H. S. 'MORGAN STEERING WHEEL. I APPLicATlN man 11502451914. i v 1,220,878, Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

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dinary steering wheel frame haheen malle in afsmgle,casting,niehnlmg a half. a smi- -ahle number of sgiiler arms. ,and a rim frame ronneeting with he ends ol' the spiihij arms, thanl producing a more elastie Strom ture and at the same time one ,in which there is considerable eeononrv iihthe 'savingof metal.

A further object of the invention has heen to produce a separate compoite steering,r wheel grip which may he attached to different forms of spiders in :in iv suitable manner.

1x will be understood that in the claims which follow, the phrase coro composed enl'irely of light permeable nmterial" and the phrase core composed entirely of wood" refer to the body' material of the Core and do notl include any fatening means which might be employed to hold different parts of the body of the core together where the core body might be made up of separate pieces.

I Claim as my invention:

1. A steeringwheel comprising in combination rim snpporiinf;4 means. a eore fomposefl entirely ul' light permeahle material. :mil a rim rover ol mohhal plaslie material permmliir.;r (he Haiil eore and thereby ral|sing;- il lo he strengthened aml still'eneil so as lo serve as a reinforcing ham] as well as a filler for The rim. l

L. steeringr wheel comprisingr ill combination with a lmh and rim `supportingy arms. a core composer] entirely ol wood and Sel mired to the arms, and a eonilensite rover molded thereon limler pressure, wherelrv the. eondensite is caused to permeaie the wooden core to strengthen and stillen the same for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this Sl'ieeilieat-ion, in the pres-enen of two subscribing witnesses, this 19th day of December, 1914;.

vHENRY S. MORGAN. Witnesses:

W. A. FURMAN, JOHN W. THOMPSON. 

